Mall (soundtrack)

Mall: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by Linkin Park & Alec Puro
Released	December 12, 2014
Recorded	2011-2014
Genre	Alternative rock electronic rock soundtrack film score
Length	47:12
Label	Warner Bros., Machine Shop
Producer	Mike Shinoda, Alec Puro , Rick Rubin, Joe Hahn, Rob Cavallo (exec.), Bill Boyd (exec.)
Linkin Park soundtrack chronology
8-Bit Rebellion! (2010) Mall (2014)

Mall: Music from the Motion Picture is the original motion picture soundtrack for the 2014 American drama film Mall, consisting of songs written, recorded and performed by American rock band Linkin Park with Alec Puro, drummer of American rock band Deadsy. It was released through Warner Bros. and Machine Shop on December 12, 2014. The soundtrack was produced by Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson, along with Rob Cavallo and Bill Boyd, who are both serving as executive producers. This is the sixth soundtrack soon to be released by the band. The previous soundtrack, Transformers: Dark of the Moon – The Album, was released on June 14, 2011 for the 2011 American live-action film, Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

The soundtrack is now available in the Australian iTunes store, and the New Zealand iTunes store.^[1]

Background

The music for the film was composed by Deadsy drummer Alec Puro and Linkin Park members Chester Bennington, Dave "Phoenix" Farrell, Joe Hahn and Shinoda.^[2] The soundtrack for The Seed, the first installment by Hahn, contains three songs. One of them was "There They Go" by Fort Minor (originally from its studio debut album, The Rising Tied) played during the credits, and the other two were untitled and were played while the fighting scenes. It was rumored that the soundtrack for this film would have a few songs by Linkin Park and some would be from their new studio album The Hunting Party, but it was however proven to be false. This is the sixth soundtrack and the second score by the band, after their first soundtrack for the hit music series of the 2007 hit film, Transformers. The previous soundtrack by the band was for the 2011 American live-action film, Transformers: Dark of the Moon. The first score of the film by the band was a collaboration with Steve Jablonsky for the 2009 film, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The soundtrack for the film was released under the Warner Bros. and Machine Shop record labels on December 12, 2014.^[3]

In an tweet-out session, Joe answered the question about the score: "The movie is done! The score is finished! And we are putting it out to distributors and see who's going to put it out. So it's going to come soon."^[4] A song named as "It Goes Through", which Shinoda provides lead vocals on for the 2-minute trailer that was released on May 28, 2014 in promotion for Mall, was featured in the movie trailer, which could be the first single from the soundtrack of the film.

On September 16, 2014, the song "The Last Line" (originally known as "Ammosick"), under the name "Mall (Theme song)", was released through YouTube along with the download. This was also shared on the official page of the film.^[5][6]

On October 15, 2014, the band confirmed that the song "White Noise" is featured during the opening credits of Mall.^[7][8] On October 17, 2014, the song was available for free in digital download formatted in its entire length through the official Mall website.^[9] The song was released as a promotional single as a free download also at the website of the band.^[10][11] The song is also available on the band's official YouTube channel.^[12]

Recording

The songs and score for the soundtrack were all recorded for the soundtrack from 2011 to 2013. The band recorded the soundtrack in parallel of recording their fifth studio album, Living Things (2012). The soundtrack was also recorded parallel to their second remix album Recharged (2013), and some sessions for their sixth studio album The Hunting Party (2014). Some songs were remastering of the demos by the band, which they had previously recorded.^[13]

The song "Devil's Drop" (originally known as "Warm Spell") was a demo during the recording sessions of Living Things, "It Goes Through" (originally known as "Luna") was one of the demos for the recordings of the EP written and composed by Shinoda for Dell's LP Stagelight, "White Noise" was a demo during the recording sessions of The Hunting Party (which is now available in digital download), and "The Last Line" was a demo from the band's third studio album Minutes to Midnight (2007), but was worked on for their fourth studio album A Thousand Suns (2010), which is now released in digital download format, as it was confirmed on the official Facebook page to Mall.^[14]

Track listing

All tracks written by Chester Bennington, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda & Alec Puro, except where noted. 

Album credits

• Music composed by Chester Bennington, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda & Alec Puro
• Primary Artists: Linkin Park & Alec Puro
• Score produced by Mike Shinoda, Joe Hahn and Alec Puro
• Executive soundtrack album producers: Rob Cavallo and Bill Boyd
• Executive in Charge of Music for Paragon Pictures: Erika Hampson
• Music Supervisor: The Collective
• Album Compiled by M.P.S.E., Irl Sanders
• Art Direction and Design by Frank Maddocks
• Music Recorded & Mixed by Shie Rozow
• Music Production Services: Etan Mates
• Supervising Music Editor: Shie Rozow
• Additional Music by Alaina Blair^[15]
• Music Preparation by Ryan Neil
• Music Contractors: Ryan Neil (from The Collective)
• Engineering: Ethan Mates
• Engineering Assistant: Jennifer Langdon, Brendan Dekora and Alejandro Baima
• Synth Programming by Mike Shinoda
• Mixing by Neal Avron
• Mastering: Emily Lazar, Brian "Big Bass" Gardner
• Mastering assistance: Rich Morales
• Lead vocals: Mike Shinoda
• Backing vocals: Mike Shinoda
• Vocals: Chester Bennington
• Rhythm Guitar Mike Shinoda
• Bass Guitar: Dave "Phoenix" Farrell
• Drums: Alec Puro
• Turntables: Joe Hahn
• Keyboards: Mike Shinoda
• Sampling and programming by Joe Hahn and Mike Shinoda

Release history

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